Elephant (2003) Directed by Gus Van Sant. Stars Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Timothy Bottoms. Five words or less review: Wow!
May 2004
May 16, 2004
Raymond Stoller invokes nominalism to chide his son, Dave
Mr. Stoller: “I’m not ‘papa.’ I’m your god-damned father.”
May 16, 2004
Talking back to 80s music, 17
No. In fact I’m perfectly straight. And stop calling me “Johnny” already, would you please? That’s not my name and you know it. Josie Cotton, “Johnny Are You Queer, Boy?” From the Valley Girl soundtrack, and elsewhere.
May 16, 2004
Caricatures
I must say, I’m not sure I understand the whole Superman costume thing, but, y’know, still… update: Oh, wait, now I understand it. It’s because these people were evil and totally fucking insane! Almost forgot, because the coalition removed them from power and all. Sorry. Carry on.
May 15, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 4
Deadbeat neighbor: “Good morning.” Me: “Speak for yourself. And that’s my newspaper. Give it back or so help me I’ll beat you with a stick.”
May 15, 2004
A Poem from 1968, Revised by the Ghost of Richard Brautigan, 2004 (second in a series)
November 3 May 15 I’m sitting in a cafe strip mall eatery drinking a [Diet, low-carb] Coke. A fly is sleeping on a paper napkin. I have to wake him up, so I can wipe my glasses. There’s a pretty girl babe chick hottie young woman I want to look at engage in spirited conversation, because I’m very interested in her mind.
Peter Fonda reminisces, offers his thoughts on Abu Ghraib
Fonda: “…During the production of Easy Rider, a few of us traveled down to New Orleans for a coupla’ weeks to film the Mardi Gras parade scenes. Hopper would get fried on acid and quart bottles of Miller High Life and would disappear for long stretches, then show up late at night, his arms covered up to the elbows in fresh gore. ‘What the hell’d you do?’ I asked him